I just got back from three days of training in the Mohave Desert with Admo. I am sometimes amazed at what I have gotten myself through over the years with little formal idea of WTF I was doing. So this time I decided I'd head out to the desert and spend a few days knocking about with an instructor. I am happy I did too. I learned quite a lot that will be useful when the going gets rough. It also gave me a chance to re-aclimate to different terrains again (rocky, sandy, loose, steep, and oh yeah, I was the one who ran over the rattler...opps). While I wasn't riding a big GS I was on a KTM 450 EXC that was far less forgiving that the other bikes they had. I figure if I can do it on the KTM, I'll be good to go on anything....that is, if my ass ever stops hurting.
